Heel holder



Feb. 8,1927. 1,616,467

E. R. Pomv HEEL HOLDER lFiled March 9.v 1925 l v vPatented Feb. 8, 1927.;

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RLMER R. ROPE, or HAMILTON, ivrassaenusnrfraAssIeNoR. 'ro Uni'rnn sHoE-MA- CHINERY coRroRATIoN, or PATERsoN, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION' or NRW Y JERSEY.

HEEL HOLDER.

Application` filed March 9, 1925. serial No. 14,178.v

This invention relates to heel holdersand is herein shown as embodied in a heel atf taching machine-holder for locatingand maintaining a heel in position to be attached to a shoe.

The object of the invention is to improve the construction of heel holders, with avieW to increasing the accuracy of the location of the heel orheel parts, the ,range and not limited to two-part heels, inasmuch as itk Will be apparent to those skilled in the art that some of its features are equally applicable to a holder for unitary heel or a single heel section.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention provision is made fory holding a heel base and an unattache'd,l normallyl curved, deformable Vheel such, for example, as a concavo-convex rubber heel in` proper regis-A ter with each other While the base is moved toward the deformable heel to flatten the latter under the influence of pressure applied through the base; This is accomplished by providing a ring for holding the deformable heel,-in lcombination With a base holder spaced from the ring and having a normally fixed rear gage and breast engaging members or gages, said members or gages being yieldingly movable in the direc tion of their height in order that the re,-l quired approaching movement vof the heel parts may be eected Without releasingVIV either ofthe heel parts from the holder until the attachment of the heel to the shoe is complete. VThis feature of theinvention is of general utility in holders for heels or heel sections Where any substantial yielding, in a heightWise direction, is liable to4 occur While a heel yor heel section 1s beingv operated upon. YTWO independentlymov- Aable breast gages `are preferably employed, in order that they may readily accommodate themselves to the final-position of the heel- -part when it4 is in pesition to be operated upon, and heightvvise movement of the gages is provided for by mounting them for pivotal Amovement about vhorizontal axes, the gages#v themselves, as herein shown, being'in the lform of forked breast corner engaging members movable toward and from each..

other in right lines and also toward and from a forked rear fixed. in position. f.

When the invention is embodied in a holderfor separate rubberheels and bases the holder preferably comprises two subholder adjustable to bases of differentsizes,

-andthe lother of Which-is an interchange- V gage which is normally vsidiary holders, one of which is a permanent `f able, non-adjustable holder," such, f for leX- ample, as a ring havingjan opening' to fit a rubber'heel.` In this connection a feature of the invention' which contributes to the ease and speed Withwvhich the holder mayr` be changed tojaccommodate heelsv of/different sizes consist-sin the provision of engaging elements upon the tvvov subsidiary holders, Which elements co-operate` Vautomatically -to adjust the permanent holder in laccordancehvvithfr the vsizeV of any individual, interchangeable holder: or ring When the v'latter lis placed inv operative position. The operator isk thusrv relieved from the-'necessity of paying any kattention to .the adjustment of the permanent holder, having only to select the proper ring for the Work yin hand and place fit in its proper position' in the machine. ments of the interchangeable holderlorjring which eect the adjustment of ther permanent holder- Inay conveniently consist of eccentrically 4mounted `projections engaging! carriers upon .which the breast corner ensa Y,

The-ele! i i Ven l gaging members constitutingv the breast gage of the permanent holder are mounted. The eccentric mounting of the projections makes possible a certain amount of `adjustment in their positions, whereby ther approaching `movements ofthe said gages `may be independently and kvariably limited.f

Other features and details of the'invention and advantagestdbe derived from its use Will be understood and appreciated i from reading the following `detailed .description of one embodimentthereof in connection with the accompanying drawings,k iii-Which A a i y2i.'

Y Figure 1 is an inverted plan view of the under side of thenailing'die of a heeling machine with. the `heel holderrattached;

Fig. 2 is a front elevationv ofthe same; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-#3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. is section on the line4-4 of' Y Fig. i..

' V In the drawings, 10 may be considered'as indicating the nailing die of a heeling inachine of connnon and'well known: construe. tion. To the under side of the nailingdie 101aresecuredparallelguides12 which serve as `supports for` an interchangeable, 'non-'ad just'able ringforholder 14, provided with an opening- 16 tofit the rubber heel 18 whenl the latter `is flattened.y The `rubber heel 18, as shownin Fig. 3, is-offthe-concavo-convex type and', lwhen in `its normal; undeformed,

condition; does notYeXac/tly lit the opening 16..

A stationary bracket 201isimountedfupon the'back of thenaiflingdie-10 andsupportsa forked 'rear gage 22 which liesgbeneath the ring/14. The rear gage122 4may be adjusted forwardly -or* 'rearwardly with" respect to the nailing-die 'and/'the ring by jan adjusting screwv24threaded'into the bracket 2O and V the gage maybe secured in adjusted position byfaV clamping bolt26 passing through a slot l28v in the bracketlf The'forked rear gage-22 is thus normally stationary but may be adjustedto accommodate bases ror heel sections ofdiffrent sizes-orfshapes. 30 indicates a heel basey which-'is held in engagement with l the rear gage 22 by'two forked, breast corner engagingmembers-or'fgages 32'fwhich, with i' `their inountingsand operating mechanism, l are alike.l Only one ofthem, therefore, 'will Y be 'described iindetail;`r

i0; Y larged hub '34' which isf'bored out to fit'loose- EachV of the forked members 32 has y an fen- Y ly over a round rod-"36. Therod 36 :is slid# ablymountediin a'carrierv 38 and is preventedfrom rotating'therein lby a pin 40, se-

cured in the iodandslidingin a slot 42 in the'carrier. A compression spring 44, sur- 'rou'nding' the rod 36 and bearingagainst-the 'reariofthe carrier, tends tomove therod and; V, the forked gage 32 rearward: y supp'ort'46, isfbodily movabletin'right'lines transverse -to-v thev longitudinal axis ofA the- 'Tlie carrier'38, by 'virtue of a dove-tailed heel holder. A compression spring 48'tends to` move the carrier inwardly of the holder and,l inasmuch as the two carriers38` and;I

their associated gages 32 face each otheig'the from longitudinalmovement in relation' to '65 the yrod 36 butik is allowed a limited'amountl two springs-'48l yieldingly effect approaching movement-of the gages 32. Y Y

" `A pin 50 tlireaded'into the hub 34 extends radially into la segmental opening 52 formed in the rod 36,5 the walls of the opening being so disposedfthat the hub 34 is prevented of rotative movement about the horizontal rections namely, two directions at fright angles to each other in the planes of the gages and a third direction normal to their planes. ltvwilli furthermore be apparent that the springs 44 and 48 constitute yielding means forvmovingffthe breast cor-ner engaginginembers 32^towardveach other. and

toward the rear gagel122, in-order securely to hold and accuratelyv to locate'the'vheel` base 30. Y v To facilitate theintrodiictioirof Vthe heel base into the'holder it is desirable thatthe breast corner gages l32 bey noti very'inuch closer togetherthan thef width. Iof the heel base at the points whereitssides areto bef engagedflby the gages'. Provision 2 is inade for maintaining an-A adjustably predetermined separation Ibetween the gages 432, and the means herein illustrated for accomplishing this result-.consistsfof pins 54 eccentri'cal ly mounted on'short bolts 56 `whichvaref'secured in the Arin`g'14 by nuts-58. The in- Vwardly facing surfaces Ofofgthe'carriers 38 are so formedthatwhenfthefring 14 is igiushe'd into place" from the# front -ofl the# machine the-pins-f54 will engage saidisurfaces 60 and' elfectthepro-per separation iol the carriers 38 and.- consequently of the breastcorner` gages 32. The bolts 56- will lbe solocated in eaclr h'eelfring-14 thatltlie ion spacinglbetween the gages32 will rbe substantially correct forfalieelbase to b'e used withY va heelwhich will: t Athe opening in Y Small adjustments'or variationsV Y that ring. of :this spacing may be secured 'by loosening4` tlief'nuts 58 and turning 'the bolts 56l'about their `axesuntil the gage vspacing pins-54 are positioned as desired .and itwill be observed that it' is possible lthus vai'iably to limit the' approaching imovements of yeach ofi the members y32 independently of the other.

InV dealing-with heel bases, or indeed any heelsor heely sections `which are` thicker at thev rear thanat the breast,y 'it is Vdesirable that the reaiwcao'e 22. which" in the oresenlil' instance is--normally stationary, should'be thicken oi' higher than the breast gages 32, wli'ich are 'made thin-enough -not'to 'interfers with the applicationof `the heelf'lattacliing pressure when the heel'k18 "is {lat-1 tened andthebase 30;"pressed against it. The 'rear gage 22isfhigh enouglrto .maintain a secureA hold upontheheelbasefwhen the parts are 4in the .positionwshown'in' Fig.

heel base and consequently does notinterfere with-the'l application ofi-the heel attaching pressure.l Y Y 3 but is not thicker thanlfthe rea-r edge ofthe ln the .use of the illustrated device the rubber heel is inserted in the ring 14 which constitutes its holder, and the'base is inserted between the holding members or gages 32 and 22 which constitute its holder. By reason of the spring actuation of the. gages 82 toward each other and toward the rear gage 22 the heel base is held securely, and effectively prevents the heel 18 from dropping out of the ring letin case the heel Ydoes not tit the opening 16 suiiiciently closely to be sustained securely. The shoe to which the tivo-part heel is to be attached is jacked up against the under side of the base in the usual and Well known manner, the heel 18 being attenedby pressure exerted upon' ing ol the breast corner gages 32 permits them to yield upwardly as the base 2J() moves upwardly under the influence of the pressure applied vto it, while the relatively thick rear end of the base moves up vinto the stationary rear gage V22. are thus positively and accurately located and held While the attaching nailsvare driven in the usual manner. f Y

Having described theinvention, What is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

l. A holder for a curved, deformable heel, comprising a ring having an opening to fit the heel When flattened, and a baseholder spaced from the ring sufficiently to accommodate in the ring a heel in its normal, curved condition,l said r base holder having a normally fixed rear gage and breast 'engaging members which are yieldingly movable toward the ring to permit a base in said base holderrto move toward the ring to flatten the heel under the influence of pressure appliedthrough the base. Y

2. A heel holder having a normally fixed rear gage and a breast gage comprising a plurality oi' breast engaging members vvhiclr are independently movable heightwise.

3. In a heel holder, the combination of The two heelY partsv heel base and a normally,

towardthe rear gage and also movable in directions normal to their oWn planes.

t. In a heel'holder, the combination of a rear gage anda plurality of breast engaging members, said members `being movable in right lines atangles to each other in their ownY planes and also movable in o directions normal to their ownfplanes.

5. In a heel holder, a plurality of breast i corner engaging members movable 'horizontally in right lines toward each other and pivotally movable vertically about horizontal axes. Y 1 l 6. ln a heel holder, a plurality of heelV engaging members normally operatively movable toward and from each other and means for indepencb.

the comlflination of ently and variably limiting the approachmovements of each4 ot' said members.

ing A holder for tivo-part heels, compris- 1n. which permanent ,holder adjustable to'heel parts ofdifferent sizes, and a readily interchangeable, nen-adjustable holder forl the other heel part, said permanentV and interchangeable holders having engaging elements which co-operate automatically to adjust' the permanent holder to correspond to the size of any individual interchangeable holder when the latter is placed in operative position.

a permanent holder for one heel party 8. A holder for a heel base and a rubber heel, comprising a permanent base holder adjustable to bases of different sizes, and an interchangeable, non-adjustable heel ring,

normally in register with each other, said ringhaving projections arranged to engage elements of the base holder, automatically to adjust the base holder in accordance With the size ofthe ring when the ringis placed in operative position. Y

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ELMER R. POPE. 

